BPZ Resources (FRA:NA4) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.70 (As of Mar. 2015)

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What is BPZ Resources COGS-to-Revenue?

BPZ Resources's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Mar. 2015 was €7.28 Mil. Its Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2015 was €10.46 Mil.

BPZ Resources's COGS to Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2015 was 0.70.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. BPZ Resources's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Mar. 2015 was 30.37%.

BPZ Resources COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

The historical data trend for BPZ Resources's COGS-to-Revenue can be seen below:

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BPZ Resources COGS-to-Revenue Chart

BPZ Resources Annual Data

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COGS-to-Revenue

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0.59

0.44

0.43

0.49

0.34

BPZ Resources Quarterly Data
	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15
COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.25	0.28	0.46	0.39	0.70

BPZ Resources COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

BPZ Resources's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	23.171	/	68.04
	=	0.34

BPZ Resources's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2015 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	7.283	/	10.459
	=	0.70

BPZ Resources (FRA:NA4) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin.

BPZ Resources's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Mar. 2015 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	7.283 / 10.459
	=	30.37 %

A company that has a moat can usually maintain or even expand their Gross Margin. A company can increase its Gross Margin in two ways. It can increase the prices of the goods it sells and keeps its Cost of Goods Sold unchanged. Or it can keep the sales price unchanged and squeeze its suppliers to reduce the Cost of Goods Sold. Warren Buffett believes businesses with the power to raise prices have moats.

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BPZ Resources Inc is a Texas corporation, incorporated in 1993. The Company is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas in Peru and Ecuador. The Company is in the process of developing its Peruvian oil and gas reserves. It has completed the installation of the new CX-15 platform in the Corvina field to continue the development of the field and continued its drilling campaign there with completion of the CX-15-1D well. The customer of the Company is Peruvian national oil company, Petroleos del Peru - PETROPERU S.A.

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